"False Leaks" - A Network Lens on Cyber-Enabled Information Operations
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Maps social media dissemination around high-profile “false leaks” (DNC, Podesta, doping, French election files), separating the three phases: compromise, publication (dedicated sites, WikiLeaks, forums), and dissemination. Uses network, semantic and temporal analysis plus clustering and node-overlap checks to reveal coordinated bursts, spam hubs, and accounts woven into target communities. Finds IRA/GRU-linked nodes centrally embedded in Trump clusters, early dissemination showing ~53% activity from U.S. Trump accounts, and that takedowns during audience-building disrupt later exploitation. Shares a searchable archive of attributed datasets and tools. node-overlap detection
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